Installing The Outboard - Evinrude 55 HORSEPOWER MRL Operator's Manual

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INSTALLING THE OUTBOARD

WARNING
The outboard
installed. Failure to correctly install the
outboard could result in serious injury,
death or property damage.
IMPORTANT: The outboard warranty will not
cover product damage or failure that results
from incorrect outboard installation.
WARNING
Even if equipped with clamp screws,
the outboard must be bolted to the
boat to prevent it from "working off the
transom" during operation.
Use Transom Mounting Kit, P/N 394219, to
prevent loss of outboard. The kit includes a
transom mounting plate and hardware for fas-
tening outboard to transom.
Center the outboard on the transom (or
mounting bracket) and tighten clamp screws
by hand.
Use the outboard stern brackets as a tem-
plate for location and size of holes to drill in
the transom.
Use each stern bracket's mounting holes as a
guide to drill four 11/32 in. (8.7 mm) holes
through the transom.
1
1
1. Drilled transom holes
40
must be correctly
1
1
Install the mounting bolts through the stern
brackets and transom. Install round backing
plates and locknuts onto bolts and tighten se-
curely.
2
1. Transom plate
2. Small washers
3. Large washers
The kit also includes clamp pads, which must
be used to secure mounting bolts in slots at
the bottom of the outboard stern brackets.
1. Clamp pad
1
2
3
1